std::basic_string::c_str

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std::basic_string
Member functions basic_string::basic_string basic_string::operator= basic_string::assign basic_string::get_allocator Element access basic_string::at basic_string::operator[] basic_string::front (C++0x) basic_string::back (C++0x) basic_string::data basic_string::c_str Iterators basic_string::begin basic_string::end basic_string::rbegin basic_string::rend Capacity basic_string::empty basic_string::size basic_string::length basic_string::max_size basic_string::reserve basic_string::capacity basic_string::shrink_to_fit Operations basic_string::clear basic_string::insert basic_string::erase basic_string::push_back basic_string::pop_back basic_string::append basic_string::operator+= basic_string::compare basic_string::replace basic_string::substr basic_string::copy basic_string::resize basic_string::swap Search basic_string::find basic_string::rfind basic_string::find_first_of basic_string::find_first_not_of basic_string::find_last_of basic_string::find_last_not_of Constants basic_string::npos

​const CharT* c_str() const;​

Returns pointer to a null-terminated character array with data equivalent to those stored in the string. Specifically the pointer is such that range [data(); data() + size()) is a valid.

Contents 1 Parameters 2 Return value 3 Complexity 4 See also

Parameters

(none)

Return value

pointer to the a null-terminated character string with the data of the string.

Complexity

constant.

See also

front (C++0x)	accesses the first character (public member function)
back (C++0x)	accesses the last character (public member function)
data	returns a pointer to the first character of a string (public member function)